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Niemann Pick C: First Case in a Canadian Nakoda Nation Child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2014

Aneal Khan ,
Colleen Curtis ,
Harvey B. Sarnat ,
Alfredo Pinto-Rojas ,
Khemissa Bejaoui ,
Xing-Chang Wei  and
Robin Casey
Aneal Khan
Affiliation:
Medical Genetics and Pediatrics, Calgary, Alberta, Canada University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Colleen Curtis
Affiliation:
Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Harvey B. Sarnat
Affiliation:
Neuropathology and Clinical Neurosciences, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Alfredo Pinto-Rojas
Affiliation:
Pathology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Khemissa Bejaoui
Affiliation:
PreventionGenetics, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA
Xing-Chang Wei
Affiliation:
Diagnostic Imaging, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Robin Casey
Affiliation:
Medical Genetics and Pediatrics, Calgary, Alberta, Canada University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , July 2014 , pp. 518 - 521
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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